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What does esterification mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester
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Modifying agents include alkylating, amidating, esterification, metallation, phosphorylating, sulfonating, oxidizing, and reducing agents.
Caesium salts sometimes replace potassium or sodium salts in organic synthesis, such as cyclization, esterification, and polymerization.
Importantly, enzymatic degradation of cellular phosphatidylcholine does not affect cellular cholesterol esterification.
The main advantage of using jatropha is that during a preparation process called ' esterification ', it generates a by-product, glycerine, that fetches Rs 40 per kg.
Vinylcyclopropane 19 is readily converted to diester 22 by oxidative cleavage followed by esterification.
It also appears that instability may be due to by-products of the esterification process derived from the cellulose itself.

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